PallPROMS study

The PallPROMS study is a national, multi-center prospective cohort study, in which three Quality of Life questionnaires (EQ-5D-5L, IPOS, ICECAP-SCM) will be repeatedly assessed in patients admitted to 17 palliative wards in Austria over a one-year study period.

The derived data will allow conducting several methodological analyses that will help to increase the knowledge of suitable non-clinical outcome measures for the palliative care field. For example, questionnaires feasibility, actionability and psychometric validity will be assessed as well as questionnaires use for (economic) evaluations.

Principal Investigator: Claudia Fischer; Co-Principal Investigator: Judit Simon

Dates: September 2021 – August 2023

Funding: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria

Collaborator(s): Austrian Palliative Association (Hospice Austria, and the University Hospital of Munich, Germany – Advisory role)

Information: Claudia Fischer, Judit Simon